April 6, 2020 Vegetable Seeds Are the New Toilet Paper, 2020 Garden Dreams, Albrecht Dürer, Johann Zinn, José Celestino Mutis, Spring Poems, Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew, and California Poppy Day
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Vegetable Seeds Are the New Toilet Paper by Alex Robinson | Modern Farmer
Dreams For Your 2020 Garden
It's decision time in the garden.
What will your projects be this year?
Often, we have no idea if our dreams for our gardens will come true. Gardeners may dream bigger dreams than emperors, but we can often get stuck, too.
We put plants in the wrong spot. We buy the wrong thing. We spend too much money. We overdo.
But, every now and then we get it completely right. I waited for years to put paths in around my front garden. Why did I wait so long? No reason, really. But, once it was in, I knew it was the perfect thing my garden had been missing.
Up at the cabin, we had a sprinkler system installed. The soil here is sandy, and without regular watering, the plants would really struggle. After getting some ¼" tubing stubbed up to the deck, I've waited a year to install a kitchen garden on my deck. This spring, that's my big dream. I'll share the elevated bed system I selected and the evolution of this garden in upcoming Episodes.
Whatever you're dreaming of and planning for your garden this season, I hope you get it completely right and that your dream comes true.
Botanical History On This Day
1528 Albrecht Dürer, German painter and printmaker, died; his exquisitely detailed watercolors, like Young Hare and The Great Piece of Turf, set a new standard for botanical realism.
1759 Johann Zinn, German anatomist and botanist, died at just 32, yet he left his name to the cheerful garden favorite Zinnia after describing the modest Mexican wildflower for science.
1732 José Celestino Mutis, Spanish priest, botanist, and leader of the Royal Botanical Expedition to New Granada, was born; his vast Colombian herbarium and 6,500 botanical paintings still dazzle in Madrid.
Unearthed Words
Reflections on spring from Sara Teasdale, Longfellow, and Edwin Way Teale, tracing the shining roofs, the restless tides of the season, and the quiet certainty that spring “sings in me.” Read the full selection of spring quotes
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Today's Botanic Spark
2010 Since this year, April 6 has been observed as California Poppy Day, honoring Eschscholzia californica, the golden state flower that once defied even the best preservation efforts of wildflower collectors.
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